English Riviera Food Festival

Concepts

• torquay
• event services
• torbay council
• high-quality food
• english riviera bid company
• food and drink
• wealth of quality food
• large number of quality food
• english riviera food festival
• food

Location

Torbay:

Description

Torbay Council working with the English Riviera Bid Company would like to stage a high-quality food festival leading into the existing Seafood Coast initiative to exemplify the wealth of quality food and beverage available in the locality. The event is scheduled to take place over the weekend of 30 September 2022 to 2 October 2022 and initially will take place at Torre Abbey in Torquay. The ambition will be to expand the event to other areas of Torbay in future years as the event grows. It is envisaged that the event will incorporate a large number of quality food and beverage trade stands (including a mix of freshly cooked food and food to be prepared/consumed at home) as well as cooking demonstrations by local and celebrity chefs and food related and nutrition information stands.

Total Quantity or Scope

Torbay Council working with the English Riviera Bid Company would like to stage a high-quality food festival leading into the existing Seafood Coast initiative to exemplify the wealth of quality food and beverage available in the locality. The event is scheduled to take place over the weekend of 30 September 2022 to 2 October 2022 and initially will take place at Torre Abbey in Torquay. The ambition will be to expand the event to other areas of Torbay in future years as the event grows. It is envisaged that the event will incorporate a large number of quality food and beverage trade stands (including a mix of freshly cooked food and food to be prepared/consumed at home) as well as cooking demonstrations by local and celebrity chefs and food related and nutrition information stands. Additional information: Applicants are encouraged to be innovative in their thinking when preparing bids and to provide any suggestions and solutions that provide a more cost efficient and value for money solution. Torbay Council may, at its sole discretion, consider variant bids in line with Regulation 45 Variants of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 where these are based on a demonstrable value for money rationale. Torbay Council will only accept variant bids if they meet the minimum requirements as identified in section 2 Minimum Requirements of Part 2 Specification. Variant bids submitted which do not meet the minimum requirements will be deemed to be non-compliant and not capable of acceptance by Torbay Council. Variant bids may only be submitted where a compliant bid is also submitted. The published evaluation criteria will be used to assess whether the variant bid represents the most economically advantageous tender or not, taking all factors into account. Variant bids must be set out in writing, as a separate document to the tender and accompanied by Part 4 Submission and a Business Plan. Whilst the Business Plan does not need to follow the structure set the information provided must be capable of being assessed against the stated criteria. The full scope of the proposal, including costings and implementation details must be submitted in accordance with the terms set out in these tender documents.

Renewal Options

At the end of the initial 3 years the Contract includes the option to extend for up to a further 24 months in two increments of up to 12 months.

CPV Codes

• 79952000 - Event services
• 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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